Danielle Serdachny scored with 2:44 left in overtime to lift Team Canada against Team USA in Game 5 of the 2022-23 Rivalry Series on Monday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The 21-year-old Serdachny, who had just started his second national team, gave Canada a 3-2 victory and cut the US lead to 3-2 in a seven-game series.

Also scored for the 28 year old Canadian Laura Stacy and 22 years Sarah Fillerboth recorded their first goals of the series. Ella Shelton and Emily Clarke recorded an assist against Stacey, with Brianne Jenner and Marie-Philip Poulin help fillier calculations. Emerance Maschmeyer made 32 clean saves.

“To be honest, I just jumped off the bench,” Stacey told the NHL Network after his goal. “Ella had the puck down the middle and I kind of saw the freeway and she hit a perfect pass on my bat. I don’t know what I was looking at, to be honest, but I was just trying to get in the way of the defense that was there — I thought it was (Megan) Keller – and put it in the net and good things happen, I think.

Fillier’s goal with 2:54 left in the second set ended a power play drought for the Canadian, who had not scored in the previous 16 opportunities in the series. Poulin’s help marked the No. 1 career point. 199 for the team captain, who was recently inducted into the Boston University Hall of Fame. Earlier this month, Poulin became the first female hockey player to be named Canadian Athlete of the Year, and she is now fifth on the Canadian women’s all-time scoring list.

The American opened his first score when he was 23 years old Cayla Barnes – the only US roster member originally from Southern California (Eastvale, California) – scored his first goal in his second appearance of the series. The goal, assisted by Amanda Kesel and Kendall Coyne Schofieldunleashed an epic teddy bear toss, with the stuffed animals collected as a donation to the Salvation Army.

“What a feeling,” said Barnes, who plays college hockey for Boston. “You know, family and friends are here. And getting the first one at the start is awesome.

“It’s great to see the young fan base here,” added Barnes, who plays 14U hockey for the Los Angeles Kings Jr. “I didn’t have that visibility when I was younger, so just for them to be able to see us play here and see that they can do it is a great experience for them.”

Also scored his first goal in the series for the 22 year old US Taylor Heize, which leveled at 2-2 in the third quarter. The University of Minnesota forward was the leading scorer in the NCAA with 34 points, earning her the 2022 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.

The Rivalry Series continued in February, with the last two games being played on Canadian ice. The host quote will be announced in early 2023.

Rivalry Series 2022-23 schedule, results

Who plays in the December Rivalry Series games?

US TEAM

The December list returns 19 players from the 2022 US Olympic women’s hockey team that won silver in Beijing in February. Those who returned included Cayla Barnes, Hannah Brandt, Alex the Carpenter, Jess Compher, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Jincy Dunn, Savannah Harmons, Caroline Harvey, Nicole Hensley, Megan Keller, Amanda Kesel, Hillary Knight, Murphy Abbey, Kelly Panek, Maddie Rooney, Abby Roque, Hayley Scamurra, Lee Stecklein and Blessing Zumwinkle.

All 23 players representing the US at the 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championships in Herning, Denmark, were named to the December line-up, as were 11 players from the 2018 US Olympic Women’s Hockey Team that won gold in PyeongChang, where they beat Canada 3-2 in raw shoot. Those players included Barnes, Brandt, Coyne Schofield, Kali Flanagan, Hensley, Keller, Kessel, Knight, Pannek, Rooney and Stecklein. Rounding out the list is the 2022 Olympians Murphy Abbey and 18 years Tessa Janeckethe youngest player on the US roster to make his national team debut last Friday.

TEAM CANADIAN

Canada’s December roster features the 16 players who won gold medals at the 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship and 2022 Winter Olympics: Ashton Bel, Kristen Campbell, Emily Clark, Ann-Renee Desbiens, Fast Renata, Sarah Filler, Brianne Jenner, Jocelyn Larocque, Emerance Maschmeyer, Nurse Sara, Marie-Philip Poulin, Jamie Lee Rattray, Ella Shelton, Laura Stacy, Blayre Turnbull and Micah Zandee-Hart. Olympian twice Jill Saulnier back in line, with Julia Gosling making his first international appearance in over a year. Two players made their national team debut this month – Megan Wheelbarrow man and Danielle Serdachny.

What is Rivalry Series?

The Rivalry Series, introduced by Hockey USA and Hockey Canada during the 2018–19 season, is designed as an annual exhibition of the highest level of women’s hockey at various locations in the United States and Canada. The first series consisted of three games between the two national teams, with Canada winning 2-1. Team USA captured the 2019-20 title, winning the five-game expanded series 4-1 and ending with an overtime victory in the final in front of a record-breaking total of 13,320 fans in Anaheim, California.

Rewind Rivalry Series 2022-23: The US leads the series 3-1

Game 1, November 15: AS 4, CAN 3, SO — The seven-game series kicked off last month with Team USA taking a 2-0 lead on goals Hannah Brandt and Hillary Knight. But Canada fought back with three unanswered goals and led 3-2 with 13 minutes remaining in the third quarter. With only 1:29 left in regulation, Alex the Carpenter tied it up for the Americans, sending the game into overtime. The US ended up winning in the shootout, with Knight and Carpenter scoring goals while the US keeper Nicole Henley made two key saves. Score series: USA leads 1-0.

Game 2, November 17: US 2, CAN 1 — Canada was the first to join Marie-Philip Poulin capitalized on a penalty shot opportunity in the second half, but the US Kendall Coyne Schofield tied the score just 1:12 later. Alex the Carpenter scored a forward tally with 6:36 left in the third set to give the USA a 2-1 win and a 2-0 series lead. US goalkeeper Maddie Rooney recorded 19 clean saves. Score series: USA leads 2-0.

Game 3, November 20: AS 4, CAN 2 — US Team Hillary Knight scored two goals and one assist to lead the US women to a 4-2 win over Canada. Savannah Harmons and Abby Roque also scored for the US, who notched three straight wins against Canada for the first time since 2019. Goalkeeper Nicole Hensley made 22 saves ahead of a record-breaking crown at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, where the total fan attendance stood at 14,551. Marie-Philip Poulin and Nurse Sara scored for Canada. Score series: USA leads 3-0.

Game 4, December 19: CAN 3, USA 2 — Sarah Nurse scored a green goal with less than five minutes remaining securing Team Canada’s first win of the 2022-23 Rivalry Serieswon 3-2 last Thursday at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nev. Team USA’s Amanda Kesel opened the scoring late in the first half, but Canada responded in the mid frame with two goals Jamie Lee Rattray and Blayre Turnbull. Hillary Knight tied the game for the US in third, but Nurse’s goal put Team Canada on top. Goalkeeper Kristen Campbell made 21 saves for Canada, meanwhile Maddie Rooney made 13 clean saves for the US Score series: USA leads 3-1.

History of the Rival Series

Following Monday’s loss, the US holds an all-time 6-2-2-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record over Canada in the Rivalry Series. Canada won the 2018-19 Competition Series with a 2-0-0-1 record, while the US won the 2019-20 Competition Series with a 3-1-1-0 record.

Overall, Monday marked the No. 1 meeting. 172 between Canada and the US, the 58th encounter on US ice and the second in California. Monday is the second time the Rivalry Series has visited California, following the February 8, 2020 meeting at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

Canada holds the lead in overall (97-74-1) and in games played in the United States (32-25-1). Of note, the US and Canada have fought in the gold medal game six of seven Winter Olympics and 20 of 21 IIHF Women’s World Championships, with two exceptions being the 2019 World Championships and the 2006 Olympics. Canadian women are the reigning Olympic and World champions.

MATCH SERIES 2019-20

MATCH SERIES 2018-19

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